Enforcement Best Practices
EU measures
Summary:
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IP-Base |
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1. General presentation |
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1.1 Overview |
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Aim to improve broader SME awareness and usage of IPR and how to enforce their rights; based on existing services and bringing together relevant actors across the EU to offer more coherent support to European SMEs; In particular it is supposed to offer: · extended IPR helpdesks covering IPR enforcement issues · contribute to the set-up of IPR Awareness raising and enforcement national strategies · develop new IPR enforcement support services · training on IPR enforcement issues to selected SMEs and business intermediaries |
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1.2 Sector focus |
Sector: No specific sector |
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1.3 Institution (managing initiative) |
Consortium including 20 national patent and trademark offices from EU Member States and University of Alicante as co-ordinators |
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2. Detailed Information |
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2.1 Start date |
November 2007 |
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2.2 End date |
November 2010 |
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2.3 Budget |
€6,2 million |
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2.4 Type of initiative
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Initial Information & Signposting Dedicated Information Provision Dedicated Services Professional Advice Training International Liaison & Actions by Business Organisations Funding & Evaluation Public Access & Co-ordination Measures Other (specify): |
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2.5 Type of IPR |
All IPR Industrial Property Inventions : Patents Utility Models Plant Varieties Topographies of Semiconductor Products Distinctive Signs : Trade Marks Trade Names Geographical Indications, Designations of Origin Aesthetic Creations: Designs (industrial design) Intellectual Property Literary, Scientific, Artistic Creations : Copyright Neighbouring Rights Rights in Common Law, Tort, Competition Law etc. Trade Secrets, Licensing & Confidentiality Agreements |
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2.6 Stage in Enforcement Process |
All Stages Registration Business Planning / Strategy Investigations Administrative Procedures Litigation Other (specify): |
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3. Evaluation of Initiative |
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3.1 Overall appraisal |
It is a very large measure in an early implementation phase. Difficult to assess. It has not yet proved its value in the field of anti-counterfeiting support to SMEs. |
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4. Further Information |
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4.1 Document References |
See the call for proposals (for Action ENT5/CIP/07/B/N02C00 - "IPR Awareness and Enforcement project") information at http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/funding/files/themes_2007/calls_prop.htm |
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4.2 Web Site |
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4.3 Contacts |
Project Management Office IPR-Helpdesk Edificio Germán Bernácer Universidad de Alicante P.O. Box 99 03080 Alicante España e-mail: ipr-helpdesk@ua.es Tel.: : +34 965 90 97 18 Fax: +34 965 90 97 15 |
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4.4 Information Source |
Internal EC documents |
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China IPR SME Helpdesk |
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1. General presentation |
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1.1 Overview |
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First-line help and advice service in Beijing to provide EU SMEs with information and practical business-oriented advice on how to effectively protect IPR in China. Training materials and awareness efforts to be carried to EU businesses through Enterprise Europe network, IP-Base project, etc. |
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1.2 Sector focus |
Sector: No specific sector |
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1.3 Institution (managing initiative) |
Run by a consortium of Development Solutions and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China |
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2. Detailed Information |
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2.1 Start date |
December 2007 |
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2.2 End date |
December 2010 |
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2.3 Budget |
€3,0 million as a pilot project financed from European Parliament funds |
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2.4 Type of initiative
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Initial Information & Signposting Dedicated Information Provision Dedicated Services Professional Advice Training International Liaison & Actions by Business Organisations Funding & Evaluation Public Access & Co-ordination Measures Other (specify): |
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2.5 Type of IPR |
All IPR Industrial Property Inventions : Patents Utility Models Plant Varieties Topographies of Semiconductor Products Distinctive Signs : Trade Marks Trade Names Geographical Indications, Designations of Origin Aesthetic Creations: Designs (industrial design) Intellectual Property Literary, Scientific, Artistic Creations : Copyright Neighbouring Rights Rights in Common Law, Tort, Competition Law etc. Trade Secrets, Licensing & Confidentiality Agreements |
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2.6 Stage in Enforcement Process |
All Stages Registration Business Planning / Strategy Investigations Administrative Procedures Litigation Other (specify): |
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3. Evaluation of Initiative |
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3.1 Overall appraisal |
It is a large measure in an early implementation phase. So far it has proven the ability to deliver training sessions on IPR issues related to China both in Europe and in China, to prepare business oriented training materials, both hard-copy and web-based, and provide initial help to a number of several EU companies. |
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4. Further Information |
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4.1 Document References |
see the call for proposals (for Action ENT3/IMA N.R./6.1.1 - Call for Proposals: China IPR SME Helpdesk) information at http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/funding/files/themes_2007/calls_prop.htm |
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4.2 Web Site |
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4.3 Contacts |
China IPR SME Helpdesk Office C319, Beijing Lufthansa Center 50 Liangmaqiao Road, Beijing 100016 Email: enquiries@china-IPRhelpdesk.eu Tel: +86 (10) 6462 0892 Fax: +86 (10) 6462 3206 |
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4.4 Information Source |
Internal EC documents |
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IP 4INNO |
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1. General presentation |
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1.1 Overview |
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Focuses on training trainers, i.e. providing IPR training to intermediaries who can reach out to SMEs to spreading knowledge of IP issues. The main aim of the ip4inno project is to increase the understanding and usage of intellectual property by SMEs, with a view to increasing innovation and competitiveness in line with the Lisbon goals. In doing so, it will address the continuously low level of understanding of the usefulness of IP management in the innovation process. Training module 5a is directly dealing with IPR enforcement issues, while several other modules related to IP management help to facilitate enforcement and make it more effective. |
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1.2 Sector focus |
Sector: No specific sector |
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1.3 Institution (managing initiative) |
The European Patent Office is the project leader, with several National Patent and Trademark offices and Innovation agencies as partners |
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2. Detailed Information |
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2.1 Start date |
January 2007 |
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2.2 End date |
December 2008 |
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2.3 Budget |
Approx. €4 million, out of, which approx. €2 million financed by the 6 th Research Framework Programme |
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2.4 Type of initiative
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Initial Information & Signposting Dedicated Information Provision Dedicated Services Professional Advice Training International Liaison & Actions by Business Organisations Funding & Evaluation Public Access & Co-ordination Measures Other (specify): |
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2.5 Type of IPR |
All IPR Industrial Property Inventions : Patents Utility Models Plant Varieties Topographies of Semiconductor Products Distinctive Signs : Trade Marks Trade Names Geographical Indications, Designations of Origin Aesthetic Creations: Designs (industrial design) Intellectual Property Literary, Scientific, Artistic Creations : Copyright Neighbouring Rights Rights in Common Law, Tort, Competition Law etc. Trade Secrets, Licensing & Confidentiality Agreements |
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2.6 Stage in Enforcement Process |
All Stages Registration Business Planning / Strategy Investigations Administrative Procedures Litigation Other (specify): |
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3. Evaluation of Initiative |
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3.1 Overall appraisal |
The measure serves SMEs indirectly by improving the knowledge of business intermediaries. |
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4. Further Information |
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4.1 Document References |
http://www.proinno-europe.eu/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&topicID=63&parentID=54# |
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4.2 Web Site |
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4.3 Contacts |
Coordinator: European Patent Office Pascal Phlix Erhardtstrasse 27 D-80331 Munich Germany e-mail address: pphilx@epo.org Telephone: +49 (0)89 2399 5831 Fax number: +49 (0)89 2399 6522 |
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4.4 Information Source |
Internal EC documents |
